Part of me still very much wants to see a Tkachuk - Bennett - Neal line to terrorize the opposition.
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Bennett - Neal
Dube - Backlund - Czarnik
Jankowski - Ryan - Frolik
Lots of options with the bottom six too; could run with a veteran 3A line and young 3B line:
Frolik - Backlund - Ryan
Dube - Jankowski - Czarnik
With Bennett time is of the essence now and I do think giving him minutes and situations to play with higher end talent should give us a definitive with regards to what we have with Bennett as a player.
I do very much like the idea of going after a player like Panarin or Stone near the deadline if we are positioned well in the pacific/west and it’s almost a sure bet that Bennett would be part of the package required to acquire a Stone or Panarin so giving Bennett a little more opportunity to increase his value could make some sense as well.
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